Harvard Art Museums > 1985.50: The Arts Inviting Apelles to Retake His Brushes Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Arts Inviting Apelles to Retake His Brushes (François-André Vincent) , 1985.50,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 13, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294746. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.50 People François-André Vincent, French (Paris 1746 - 1816 Paris) Title The Arts Inviting Apelles to Retake His Brushes Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1815 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/294746 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink and white gouache on blue laid paper prepared with brown wash, partial framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream card Dimensions 35.3 x 47.2 cm (13 7/8 x 18 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower left, black ink: Vincent / 1815. inscription: signed and dated, lower left, black ink: Vincent / 1815. collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink: GS [intertwined] [Lugt 3863, mark of Germain Seligman] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Possibly Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Paris; Louis-Cantien Boivin, Boutervilliers, by descent; Henri Baderou, Rouen (by 1969); Germain Seligman, Paris and New York (his mark, L.3863, mount, verso, lower right); Lucien Goldschmidt, New York; Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund, Louise Haskell Daly Fund, and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund, inv. no. 1985.50 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund Accession Year 1985 Object Number 1985.50 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Jacques Seligmann, Master Drawings, exh. cat., Jacques Seligmann & Co. (New York, 1970), cat. no. 30 Jean-Pierre Cuzin, François-André Vincent, 1746-1816, Galerie de Bayser (Paris, 1988), cat. no. 66, pp. 23, 78 Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Jean-Francois Méjanès, Alain Mérot, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Sophie Raux-Carpentier, William W. Robinson, Marianne Roland Michel, and Pierre Rosenberg, Mastery & Elegance: Two Centuries of French Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exh. cat., ed. Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), pp. 312, 381-n.8 Jeffrey Fontana, Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Necoclassical Drawing, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), cat. no. 43, p. 12 Jean-Pierre Cuzin and Isabelle Mayer-Michalon, François-André Vincent, 1746-1816: entre Fragonard et David, Arthena (Paris, 2013), cat. no. 677 D, pp. 289, 504 Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 102, repr. Exhibition History Master Drawings, Jacques Seligmann & Co., 10/31/1970 - 11/21/1970 Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/1999 - 10/31/1999 HAA 271x The Origins of Modernity: The "New" 18th Century Rotation #1: Large Niche (S426A) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/14/2011 - 03/05/2011 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/05/2016 - 09/13/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu